búzio
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o
Noun
[edit]búzio m (plural búzios)
- conch; hence trumpet
- whelk (edible sea snail)
- (Brazil) pearl fisher
- (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: buzo
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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